We know you're familiar with those V-lines you see on many hot, muscular guys. Right at the hip. Pointing straight to a certain area of interest. We've spent our Summer looking at hot guys on Instagram [1], but there's just something about magazine editorials that really highlights this part of the male form, so that's the starting point of our investigation. Keep scrolling for our favorite shirtless [2] magazine covers and spreads, and if that's not enough for you, you can move on to nude magazine covers [3]. Enjoy.

Tom Daley For Attitude, August 2014

David Beckham For Elle, July 2012

Zac Efron For Rolling Stone, August 2007

Ryan Reynolds For Entertainment Weekly, June 2011

Trey Songz For Vibe, May 2010

Neil Patrick Harris For Rolling Stone, May 2014

Matthew Morrison For Details, December 2010

Channing Tatum For GQ, August 2009

Ryan Phillippe For Men's Health, April 2011

Michael Phelps For Details, August 2012

Taylor Lautner For GQ, November 2009

David Beckham For Vanity Fair, July 2004

Zac Efron For GQ, May 2009

Justin Bieber For Rolling Stone, March 2014

Ryan Lochte For Men's Journal, August 2012

Darren Criss For People, November 2011

Russell Brand For Rolling Stone, June 2010

Adam Levine For Cosmopolitan UK, May 2011

Pablo Schreiber For InStyle, June 2011

Didier Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo For Vanity Fair, June 2010